Exploring the effectiveness of peer mentoring of accounting and finance students in higher education

Accounting Education

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 189-202

  Fox, Alison ^a   Stevenson, Lorna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

constructivism; experiential learning; peer mentoring; Student mentoring

Indexed keywords

EID: 85066217603     PISSN: 09639284     EISSN: 14684489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/06939280600595145     Document Type: Article

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